Great Expectations - Ending Comparrison

The printed ending is much different from the original. Pip returns to the ruined Satis House and finds Estella there. She apologizes for all the trouble she had given him, and he tells her where his life has taken him. He finds that her husband had treated her poorly but is now dead. The two walk out of the garden hand in hand. Pip says that they will never part again. “I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.” This ending does not go well with the story. This happy, romantic ending does not match the satire of the rest of the novel. The lack of consistency when using this ending, changes the effect that the book has. With this ending, Pip achieves what he always wanted, despite the severe changes he has gone through.

oung lady at Miss Havisham's, and she's more beautiful than anybody ever was, and I admire her dreadfully, and I want to be a gentleman on her account.” He doesn’t want to become a gentleman for any truly noble purpose; he only wants a chance to be with a girl, which is not a good reason. It also happened to be quite ironic, because Estella, before living with Miss Havisham, is the daughter of Magwitch, who is a criminal and of a lower social class then Pip anyway. “‘Dear Magwitch, I must tell you, now at last. You understand what I say?’A gentle pressure on my hand. ‘You had a child once, whom you loved and lost.’ A stronger pressure on my hand. ‘She lived and found powerful friends. She is living now. She is a lady and very beautiful. And I love her!’” Instead of becoming gentleman to further societ